Rural Mental Health

USDA Approves Half Million Dollar Grant to Support Rural Mental Health in Colorado

The Colorado Department of Agriculture (CDA) is pleased to announce it has received $500,000 from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), to support the vitality and mental wellbeing of Colorado's agricultural workers and producers through community-based efforts to manage the increasing stresses on our agricultural communities.

Mental Health Support Available to Communities Statewide

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 24, 2020
Contact:  Mary Peck, 720-428-0441, mary.peck@state.co.us


Broomfield, Colo. - In a year that has resulted in increased strain on mental health, and with the arrival of the holiday season, the Colorado Departments of Agriculture, Human Services and Public Health and Environment remind Coloradans that support is available to people in every Colorado county through a number of different resources: